“I like to work with Francesca Dego. She has an impeccable technique, but also a striking way of dealing with the stylistic issues of a Concerto."Sir Roger Norrington

BIO

Celebrated for her sonorous tone, compelling interpretations and flawless technique, Francesca Dego is one of the most sought after young violinists on the international scene. Signed in 2012 by Deutsche Grammophon, she released her highly anticipated first concerto disc featuring works by Paganini and Wolf-Ferrari alongside the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Daniele Rustioni in 2017, garnering widespread praise. Autumn 2018 sees the release of her latest recital disc ‘Suite Italienne’, in which she pays homage to the aesthetic and influence of twentieth-century Italian musical style.

Born in Lecco, Italy, to Italian and American parents, Francesca regularly appears with major orchestras worldwide, and recent and forthcoming highlights include performances with the Philharmonia, Hallé, Ulster, Royal Philharmonic and Royal Scottish National Orchestras, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Tokyo Metropolitan and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Orquesta de Sevilla and de la Comunitat Valenciana at Palau de les Arts, Auckland Philharmonia, Het Gelders Orkest and the Orkest van het Oosten. In her home country she regularly collaborates with ensembles such as the Orchestra della Toscana, with whom she tours to Munich, Bregenz and Linz in spring 2019, Milan’s “La Verdi” Orchestra, Parma’s Filarmonica Toscanini, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, and the Genova, Bari, Bologna, Trieste, Verona and La Fenice Venice Theatre Orchestras.

Francesca is the winner of numerous national and international competitions, and in 2008 attracted widespread attention for being the first Italian female prize-winner of the renowned “Paganini Competition” in Genoa since 1961. In addition she was awarded the “Enrico Costa” prize for having been the youngest finalist. She was selected to perform as soloist at the 2014 and 2015 Remembrance Day concerts in Rome, broadcast worldwide by RAI. In June 2014 she performed at Rio de Janeiro’s Teatro Municipal at the opening of the Football World Cup in Brazil. She is a frequent contributor to specialist music magazines, penning a monthly column for Suonare News among others, and has written articles and option pieces for the BBC and Classical Music Magazines, The Strad, Musical Opinion and Strings Magazine.

Francesca is based in London, and plays on a precious Francesco Ruggeri violin (Cremona 1697) and the ex-Ricci Guarneri del Gesù (Cremona 1734) courtesy of Florian Leonhard Fine Violins. She is supported by Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica (CIDIM), SIAE, S’Illumina and MiBACT.

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“Francesca is one of the most extraordinary talents I have encountered. She possesses a brilliant and infallible technique and a beautiful, warm and appealing tone. Her musicality is full of imagination and at the same time very faithful to the score.”Salvatore Accardo